Ranting About Life
So the month continues. Next week I have a ton of meetings with new schools, and the "Back-to-school Night" madness gets underway. I wish I could say it was going to be a restful weekend, but we are lucky enough to have a sword seminar with Kenshi most of Saturday. So, hopefully Sunday will be restful, but I am certainly not complaining about the opportunity to train under one of the greatest swordsmen in the world today.
I will be so happy when I am a couple of months into running this business and used to all of the day-to-days of it. Right now it seems so big and intimidating, I wonder if I will be able to handle it. I just have to focus on getting everything set up this month, and getting as many students to sign up as possible. Everything else will fall into place, and it's probably a lot easier than I realize. Mostly, it's the book keeping that I am worried about. I am sure I will master it soon, and I am having a meeting with my Dad about a lot of it today as well as getting John's (one of the Karate Kix guys) insight via conference call this afternoon.
I am really lucky that the guys at Karate Kix Inc have been so helpful, and also that my dad has run a mortgage business for many years. He knows all about owning your own business and without his insight and wisdom this would be a lot harder.
I did a lot of promoting the dojo's new kid's program yesterday, hopefully I will see atleast a couple of sign-ups soon. Otherwise I am going to have to figure out a different way to get students in the door. I have a feeling I am going to learn a lot from "Back to school nights" since I will be communicating with parents which is something I don't have a lot of experience with.
I am learning so much about business, though, it is unbelievable. Ah well, you can go to college or you can just jump in and get your hands dirty, I guess. I am also reading a lot about teaching and child psychology and things like that so that I can communicate better with my students. That is an ongoing experiment. It is funny to wear so many hats now- teacher, accountant, advertising/promotion, having to be organized, appeal to parents, keep kids excited and happy, and play nice with school admin. Sometimes it can be overwhelming and scary. It is definitely complicated but in return I get to be 100% in control of my job, I answer to no one. My time is my own and I can spend it doing things that are important to me. For what work I do, I get paid ridiculously well for doing something I am excited and passionate about. Life doesn't get any better than that.
Then there is my ridiculously supportive husband. I swear, I could go to him and say, "Sweety, I am going over to the desert to be a woman Rambo on a mission to kill as many terrorists as possible" and he would say, "OK, Love, whatever makes you happy. Just promise you'll wear sunscreen." He takes SUCH good care of me, works so hard, and gives me 100% support in whatever I do. "I'm quitting my job to make movies." "OK, have fun." "I am giving up a cushy paycheck to own my own business that could either make us a lot of money or make us broke," "Sounds good, I'll cover the bills." Honestly, I must have saved a bunch of children from a burning building in a past life or something. I am looking forward to our honeymoon. A week of peace and quiet will be a welcome respite from the fast pace of our lives right now.
I will be so happy when I am a couple of months into running this business and used to all of the day-to-days of it. Right now it seems so big and intimidating, I wonder if I will be able to handle it. I just have to focus on getting everything set up this month, and getting as many students to sign up as possible. Everything else will fall into place, and it's probably a lot easier than I realize. Mostly, it's the book keeping that I am worried about. I am sure I will master it soon, and I am having a meeting with my Dad about a lot of it today as well as getting John's (one of the Karate Kix guys) insight via conference call this afternoon.
I am really lucky that the guys at Karate Kix Inc have been so helpful, and also that my dad has run a mortgage business for many years. He knows all about owning your own business and without his insight and wisdom this would be a lot harder.
I did a lot of promoting the dojo's new kid's program yesterday, hopefully I will see atleast a couple of sign-ups soon. Otherwise I am going to have to figure out a different way to get students in the door. I have a feeling I am going to learn a lot from "Back to school nights" since I will be communicating with parents which is something I don't have a lot of experience with.
I am learning so much about business, though, it is unbelievable. Ah well, you can go to college or you can just jump in and get your hands dirty, I guess. I am also reading a lot about teaching and child psychology and things like that so that I can communicate better with my students. That is an ongoing experiment. It is funny to wear so many hats now- teacher, accountant, advertising/promotion, having to be organized, appeal to parents, keep kids excited and happy, and play nice with school admin. Sometimes it can be overwhelming and scary. It is definitely complicated but in return I get to be 100% in control of my job, I answer to no one. My time is my own and I can spend it doing things that are important to me. For what work I do, I get paid ridiculously well for doing something I am excited and passionate about. Life doesn't get any better than that.
Then there is my ridiculously supportive husband. I swear, I could go to him and say, "Sweety, I am going over to the desert to be a woman Rambo on a mission to kill as many terrorists as possible" and he would say, "OK, Love, whatever makes you happy. Just promise you'll wear sunscreen." He takes SUCH good care of me, works so hard, and gives me 100% support in whatever I do. "I'm quitting my job to make movies." "OK, have fun." "I am giving up a cushy paycheck to own my own business that could either make us a lot of money or make us broke," "Sounds good, I'll cover the bills." Honestly, I must have saved a bunch of children from a burning building in a past life or something. I am looking forward to our honeymoon. A week of peace and quiet will be a welcome respite from the fast pace of our lives right now.